Christmas 2020 (part 3)

As Christmas approaches, we wish you good health and peace of mind.  Here is a beautiful quilt embroidered with classic scenes of the season, and with messages of Joy to the World and Peace on Earth.

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'Tis the Season by Lori Ohmart, quilted by Debbie Stanton

This gorgeous machine embroidered quilt is based on a design by Claudia Dinnell at Claudia's Creations, which can be found on Amazon (and many other sites.) Each of the six blocks depicts a Christmas scene that reminds us of our childhood memories. Lori Ohmart explains that making this quilt was a great experience as well as being fun to make. The exquisite detail can be seen in the adorable gingerbread man, below, surrounded by ribbon candy, wrapped candies, holly and berries.

Image credit:  Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2020 Quilt Arizona show.

Welcome to Twelve Days of Christmas Quilts: Day 8 !

Believe it or not, it's that time of year again: time for Twelve Days of Christmas Quilts ! We are featuring an inspiring quilt each weekday, ending on Christmas Eve.  We wish you a very happy, healthy and creative holiday season.

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Tis the Season by Monika Hancock, quilted by Debbie Hancock

Blue ribbon winner for Best Machine Embroidery at the 2018 Quilt Arizona show, Monikia explains,  "Absolutely love doing Claudia Dinnell's embroidery designs. This is my seventh, and I really learned a lot from Claudia."

Because Claudia Dinnell's machine embroidery designs involve the very popular embroidery cross stitch pattern that many of us learned as children, her lovely patterns seem especially homey and familiar during the holiday season. You can also see the outline stitch pattern, used to accentuate the holly berries and leaves, plus the base of this fun snow globe. Everything seems to hark back to the joys of Christmases long ago. 

Claudia Dinnell's  charming  redwork and lacework embroidery designs, including Tis the Season are downloadable from her website, claudiascreationsaz.com .  Just scroll down to the bottom of her home page, and you'll see the download button for Tis the Season.  What a fun project !

Image credits:  Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2018 Quilt Arizona show.

24 Days of Christmas at Quilt Inspiration - Day 18

Welcome to the 24 days of Christmas ! Each day this month, up through Christmas Eve, we'll feature a work of fiber art that reflects the joy and beauty of the season ! Let's continue with Day 18.

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To Grandma's House by Monika Hancock, quilted by Debbie Stanton

We really enjoyed the Christmas scenes in this quilt, embroidered in red and black threads. The "ribbons" on the borders have the words "Over the River and Through the Woods" and "To Grandmother's House we go !" Monika Hancock says, "[I] bought a new Bernina and this is my first big project. [It was] done in "Grunge" fabrics. I'm hooked on embroidery !" 

To Grandma's House won Third Prize, Machine Embroidery at the 2017 Arizona Quilter's Guild show. There is some wonderful detail in this design, including the swirling marks made by the skaters in the scene above, along with tiny detailed snowflakes.  The pattern is Through The Woods by Claudia Dinnell at Quilting Delights.

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24 Days of Christmas at Quilt Inspiration - Day 6

Welcome to the 24 days of Christmas ! Each day this month, up through Christmas Eve, we'll feature a work of fiber art that reflects the joy and beauty of the season ! Let's continue with Day 6.

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Snow Fun by Margie Brakefield

Margie Brakefield won Honorable Mention at the 2017 Arizona Quilters Guild show for this cute machine embroidered wall quilt.  It is based on the Candy Cane Christmas pattern by Claudia's Creations.  (As of this writing, the pattern is available here.)   The snowman in the photo below is decorating his tree with red and white candy canes.

Snowman self-affirmations are embroidered in the borders:

...along with some pretty metallic snowflakes:

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